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Hazing is in the news again this week, and researchers say there might be more of it than there used to be. But New Hampshire Public Radio's Dan Gorenstein reports it is also getting more attention, and that could be a very good thing.
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Employers are wary of taking a gamble on new full-time employees. But New Hampshire is making the situation less risky — for companies, at least. A state program allows them to train people part time for six weeks without having to pay them.
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Chief Michael Maloney was due to retire from the Greenland, N.H., police department next Friday. But Thursday night he was killed during a drug bust in which four officers were also wounded.
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No word yet on whether memorizing The Cat in the Hat will now become a requirement for medical school admission.
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New Hampshire has eliminated funding for representation of indigent parents charged with abuse or neglect of their child — leaving many such parents to navigate the legal system on their own. Child advocates fear that ongoing budget pressures will push other states to follow suit.
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The man behind a rescue business for pets left behind in the Rapture now says it was all a hoax. The New Hampshire Insurance Department is now investigating.
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Bart Centre now says his Eternal Earth-Bound Pets venture was a spoof and that he never took anyone's money. His admission came after insurance regulators started to ask questions about what he was up to.
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Opponents of same-sex marriage believe that if a Democrat-dominated Statehouse could vote in gay marriage, a Republican-dominated one may be able to vote it out. A bill to repeal the law has the backing of some top leaders in the GOP-controlled Legislature, but rescinding rights is never easy.